A.exact, precise, scientific, “μίμησις” Pl.Sph.267e; τῶν παρὰ τοῖς ἄλλοις εὑρημένων ἱ. well-informed respecting . . or able to recount . . , Arist.Rh.1359b32; “ἀποδείξεις ἱστορικῶν” Phld.D.1.23. Adv. -κῶς scientifically, accurately, Arist.GA757b35; by personal observation, “κατ αμαθεῖν τι” Gal.14.275.
II. belonging to history, historical, “πραγματεῖαι” D.H.1.1; τύπος (opp. λογικός) Id.Dem.24; “ἀναγραφή” Id.1.4; “γράμματα” Plu.Them.13: Subst., historian, Arist. Po.1451b1, Aristeas 31, Phld.Rh.1.200S., D.H.4.6, D.S.1.6, etc.; “-ώτατος βασιλέων” Plu.Sert.9. Adv. “-κῶς, ἱ. καὶ διδασκαλικῶς” Str. 1.1.10; ἱ. καὶ ἐξηγητικῶς, opp. ἀποδεικτικῶς, Phld.Mus.p.12 K.; but ἐξηγητικώτερον ἢ -ώτερον, of Aristotle's method in HA, Antig.Mir.60.